Questions from first and previous slots:
"... lithium battery related in-flight incidence ... [?] ... wandering ... about a flight deck laptop computer lithium battery ... problems ....[?]"
Other than that 7Feb06 DC8 case, search of the Cabin Safety Research Technical Group's database yields ONLY ONE lithium-battery related event -- that odd case of
15Dec06 in which the passenger had that
Air Purifier on his neck:
20061215A, B737-824, N24202, NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, U.S.A., 15-DEC-2006
That
CSRTG database is available on the web, on contract from FAA Aircraft Fire Research Center:
Hmmm -- ? so the industry has had ONLY ONE event of a lithium-battery fire, from a device while in-use??? And NO CASES of any Computer-battery fire, while the device was operating, while inflight???